In this episode, I talked about Blizzard Albany officially forming their union! I also talked about Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, news about Diablo Immortal, and fun tweets about Diablo IV.
Things mentioned in this episode:
- @Megan_Nicolett (Senior writer at Wired) tweeted about The NLRB denying Activision Blizzard’s efforts to expand the Albany vote.
- @WeAreGWAAlbany tweeted: “WE WON!”
- @ABetterABK tweeted that they are proud of @WeAreGWAAlbany
- @greenhousenyt (former New York Times labor reporter) tweeted that Albany quality assurance workers voted 14-0 to unionize
- @noamscheiber (Labor reporter for New York Times) tweeted that the union wins 14-0 in an election at Blizzard Albany
- The Washington Post posted an article titled: “Workers at Diablo, Warcraft developer Blizzard Albany win union”
- The Hollywood Reporter posted an article titled: “Second Group of Activision Blizzard Workers Unionize in NLRB Election”
- The Verge posted an article titled: “Another Blizzard QA department wins union vote”
- Business Insider posted a short article highlighting Jessica Gonzalez (Organizer at CODE-CWA)
- GameRant posted an article titled: “Swedish Company Sues Microsoft and Activision Blizzard for Collusion”
- The Economist posted an article titled: “Trustbusters should let Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard”
- Diablo Immortal has a lot of events happening in December
- Diablo Immortal Developer Q&A Series answered some questions
- @Diablo tweeted: “The end is near. Use #LilithIsComing to tell the world what you’ll do before you’re dragged to Hell.”
- @Diablo tweeted: “Heed our warning. #LilithIsComing”
- Diablo IV will be playable on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5 and PS4
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- Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlist
- Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal playlist (work in progress)
- Jen’s Lore Corner episodes are now on Shattered Soulstone!
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- Restless Barbarian Gaming on YouTube
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